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Instead of telling you how to print of burlap easily I have searched and found a great video from Maryann of Domestically Speaking. I haven’t done too many projects with this technique, but I plan to. The one example I have is the door decorations I did last year for my staff. You can see…
This plate was from ikea. 5.99. Used a stencil at first then continued to free style. The oil based sharpie pink keeps it color. Check out my other sharpie post here. These are set by baking them. handwash only. I would mostly be using these for decorative. Maybe plating some desserts.
The first new pictures are the colors before baking. 425-435 for 30 minutes. Start it in a cold oven. See all the details for my other posts about sharpie baking here 9" bowl 2.49 from Ikea. Made a stencil on my Cricut. Only used it a few times until I was comfortable drawing the leaves…
Maple syrup glass bottles turned into functional items for the home. Soap dispenser and oil container. Supplies Glass bottles. I used maple syrup bottles. Whole food brand pure maple syrup bottles. Soap pump from a retailer or do what I did and reuse one you had from old plastic soap dispenser bottle. Tablecraft Hinged Flip…
This upcycle usually gets people’s interest the most. Altoids bins can been very function as other things. In photo above I used to it as a gift box for earrings. Supplies Altoids tin Aluminum Tape Sharpie Markers Cuttle Bug Embossing Folders with the Cuttle Bug Machine or Embossing Plates (do not need machine) Piece of small cardboard…
Chicago themed coasters for a buyer. First time doing image transfers on tiles. Design idea…..If you have cool coasters you can display them around the room on mini easels or some other holder. When people need a coaster you can hand them if you want. I enjoy multifunction decor items. Supplies Tiles Computer Paper Lazer…
Mosaic Plate
I love the Chew. I love Clinton’s craft corner. One episode they did a mosaic plates craft. You can check out the video here You can upcycle something you find at a thrift store or you can buy your own glass items. I decided to get a .99 cent plate from Ikea. You can find…
Made this for my friend who loves Harry Potter. The red and yellow turned a lot deeper after baking. The baking was tricky. First I did 350 in oven. Noticed that the black was not setting. Did a second run on 400. Generally stick with the 350. Seems like that worked well for other mugs…
Used my Flourishes Dreaming of Florence stamp set to create these coasters for a customer. The coasters were auctioned off with a bottle of wine at a school auction. The physical coaster is a wall tile that I purchased at home depot. They are really cheap. Maybe .89 cents a tile. I like the marble…
This project was really easy and fun to do. Well if you like coloring of course. Supplies Tissue Paper Markers- I used Copic White Candles from the store Heating Tool Wax Paper Stamp of image you like stamp pad. I use memento because it does not bleed with Copics Stamp your image on the tissue…
Now that pinterest is alive and busy. Lots of folks are playing around with crafting. A bunch of RAs last year were talking about using sharpies on mugs then baking them. It is a simple and cheap event if you can get your mugs at say Ikea or dollar tree. Plus for your sustainable events…
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